When your contribution is "good enough," you can see that it is part of a larger goal and supports the plan and the others working for the same purpose.
When it is “excellent,” you recognize that it will be judged for what it is and any larger goal it might support.
When it is “perfect,” you likely have spent too much time on it and short-changed others working with you. The perfection of one contributor can reduce the impact of the others and may seem like an overreach. Some of the others who supported the same effort may have had to wait for your excellent work to be completed flawlessly.
“Perfection is the enemy of progress”
- Winston Churchill
Why would that be the case? One reason would be the fear of failure that comes with a goal of perfection. Obsession with perfection is likely motivated, at least in part, if not totally, by pride.
“Too often, people mistake progress for perfection.
They spend more time staring at the weeds than assessing the forest. They need to catch up on the details instead of asking whether their work is moving them in the right direction. And most of all, they are confused about the meaning of “done.” (quote from Forbes 2017 Why Perfection Is The Enemy Of Done)
C.S. Lewis said, "Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.”
